Cantor-allied group slams Mourdock as 'extreme'

4/27/12 10:47 PM EDT

Here's the rest of the mailer I wrote about earlier, in which the Young Guns Network targets Democrats and independents who can vote in the GOP primary and hits Indiana state treasurer Richard Mourdock for taking an 'extreme' stand on wanting to eliminate the federal Dept. of Education.

The entire inside of the mailer - which was made as part of a program, YG Network officials said, that was issues-focused on energy and conservation - is about Lugar's education record, an issue that tends to poll well with swing voters and moderates. But attacking Mourdock as "extreme" is going to sit poorly with conservatives.

There have been murmurs for the last several days that donors to establishment groups like the American Action Network, which Alex reported earlier canceled its ad buy supporting Lugar, were unhappy with the way the money was being spent, since a number of them have privately said they think Mourdock is the favorite at this point.